Miner&#39;s ticket box



Nov. 20, 1923.

s. T. PRATT MINERS TICKET Box Filed May 16, 1925 INVENTOR. ,3 T Frail 1, Patented'NoW-ZQ 1923 f v a Thisinven'tion 'rel'ates to de'vices for'holdg ventioniWithi.one wall removed, one o the fS AMUEL 121mm,, or mm'rIooKE; PEmqsYLvANIA, AssIGNonfir mo T6 H mrcnnnnmm nonenn AND ON-ELZEOUBTH 'ro ANT ONY;,v;McDoNALn;=;B0'rH ;or, W i

- "NANTICQK-E,RENNSYLVANIAQ 1 jh iatibn filed May 16; 1923 Serialj No. 533,351;

I The o eniiigfif the slide; permitsff the-z Be it ,knovvnitli 1,1Snirrmr3 T.;'PRATT, a to be inspected citizen of the United iSitates; {residing at to beremovedifrorn 'th' e 'holde'r."

Nanticoke, in the -countygof Luzerne'and Other objectsfwill jappe'ar v1n '5 State of Pennsylvania, havef'invent'ed cerof thefollowingdescription; V I h J V tain'neW and useful Improvementsih Miner's} Y (My invention, illustratedinthfe faccOm'Q 1 0' l Ticket-Boxes, jof Whichthe followingisi a panyingj drawinggjwherein 1 5 V specifi'catiom,reference being-hadtofthe j F igurel'isianel'evationbf aminer siticket" I ;--companyingf drawings; box constructed in accordancewithmyfin-i the heurse slides being safely; {in section;

V fl It, is the practice in coal mining fplants "rFig'urQ Q is a like; View toFi gui-el l jbiit V forthe coal miners after'theyhavel'filleda showing the slide 2 l jp'ulled out car to hang thereonfor' otherwise attach Fig fre3 is afsect'ion on'f'the line 'thereto ach'eck, each manhaving ELCB ItZLlIL ofFig'u're 1; I t; f number, and the checks used by each miner Figure 4 is a likeview to Figures land having that number so that the Weigher at 2 "but' s'howin'g the'op'eration thefdeyice the tipple may identifythe car as having when the box is tilted, ,theslide l 5fbe' g *sbeefn filled by one certain miner. These partly'brokenaway; i l

. 20 checks or tickets are'v'ery liable to become F' gure 5 is asidefel evat'ion of a mifiers detached'from the car, andit is also the case car with my {invention applied theretog I that a "dishonest miner will remove the Referring tofthe's'e drawings, it will be; i

"proper check from the car and place his own seen that the holder is; formed?insectionsiAl check thereon'so'fthat the real miner'of the and [These sections arealike iinfalljr' 25jcoal isnot credited therewith and the dis fspects and are held to -each iothergbyuri'vet honest miner is. l f V boltsor any other suitable attaching 180, y

,The general object of myinvention is to The sections when .placed I togeth vafref V L 7 .provide a check holder of I such character formed to pro'videltwo chambers-IQ a'nd 11f" thatjacheck may be readily inserted Within divided from each JotherIb f aftransve i'se .vthe'holder andwill be prevented from de} partition 12. This "partition-12 formed 'tachment untilthe carhas reached the tipthe abutting faces of 'the two; -'sections,"has'"v o-ple and tipped to a discharging angle, at a passage 13 leadi g, fromthejchamber 11 q hich time the check fma'y be readily reinto the chamberj12; thisipassage'haying its 1 movedbythe vveigher; r upper and lower ends disposedatianvinclina r 5 A further object is to provide a-',device tion upwardz and-p OWar'd th'e chamber I of this kindwhich is soffconstructed thatthe The chamber I10 is r'educedjflin adja--- Q- check maybe readily seenfatany' time when; cent upperie'ndg-so astoiprovidetw lg p 1 desired to be inspected," .lThis is an indis-w posed shoulders 14;Qand eperating within "pensable'feature' of a} construction of this this chamber 10 islaslidefl5githi's slid-. hm Q;

character. i I f i A 1 ing' 'ajthickness equal:toVthe-dejjtlifoiQthe Another object 'is 'toprovide :afdevice of chamber 10; i f J: i

. thi's charac-ter includingtwo chambers hav-- The loyv erend i; the slidehassa Width:

Y ingtwo slides therein,; one ,of these slides fequal to the width ofthe chamberjotwieen being adapted toreceive the check; Once. its opposed walls butabove' this portionflO" i the check has dropped into the slide it passes the slide is reducedin'width sofas to provide l into the other slide and cannot bejremoved shoulders or stops; whiehem adaptedf to 0 from this slide until the car and the holder abut; against the stops 214C and thereby limit r mounted thereon are vturned to a tipping the outward movement of the slidel, At its a anglel ;Then and not until then the check upperendPthe slide is provided w ithffal head",

' 50' will run to the first named slide and maybe 18 which is larger area than thejarea of removed from the holder by opening the the open end Qtthech'amber lO so th'at fthus lofi- I slide. Theo-first; named slide is provided theslide is.limited in'its-invvardmo e'ment so that the kcheck may be inspected-'vvhenand limited in; its outwardjinovemen ,"the 1 r .eVer necessary bysimply o ieningtheslider shoulders 17. Tlieslide is v formed inernieing miner's checks on coal cars.

7 diate its ends with a slot 19 at approximately formed with the middle of the slide, the upper end of this slot being downwardly inclined and away from the wall 12, while the lower end of the slot'is upwardly inclined and away from the wall 12. The slot is cut away at 20 andthe faces of the slotadjacent; this cut-away portion are slightly rounded off or thinned; c V v V Disposed within the chamber '11 is a slide 2-1. The upper end of this chamber is the inwardly extending shoulders 22 and 23 .and the, slide at its lower end 2e has a width equal to the extreme width ofthe chamber'll'and then is reduced in width so as to'provide shoulders 25, these shoulders being adapted to engage with the shoulders 22- andf28 to limit the outward movementof the slide. The upper end'of the slideis formed with the enlarged head 26 which, of course, is larger inarea than the cross sectional area of the chamber 11 so that this head limits the inward movement of the'slide as well as forms a handle whereby the slide may be operated. This slide is formed witha slot 27. The bottom of thisislot extends straight inward from that portioniof the, slot nearest the opening 13 and on a level with the lower end of this opening and then extends upward, as at 28. The upper endof the slot is curved downward and away from the partition 12,

' miner to whom the check belongs and who has mined certain'coal.

In the use ofsthis device, the'holder. is attached to the car,'as illustrated in Figure 5. and after the miner has filled the car,

with coal he pulls out'the slide 15 which,

when pulled out, permitsthe checkto be in.- troduced at the cut-away portion 20. The check is held within the slot 19 by the end walls of the chamber 10 until the slide is fully pushed in. When the slide is fully pushed in, the check will roll down the inclined bottom of the slot 19 and roll down the inclined bottom of the passage 13 and onto the bottom of the slot 27.

When it is in place within the slot 27. it cannot roll back up these inclined faces and must remain within the slide'21. If it is desired to inspect this check, thenv the slide 21 may jbe pulled outward, carrying the check with it. l/Vhen the slide is pulled outward, as illustrated in Figure 2, the slots 31 are disposed beyond the wall'so t the chamber 11 and, therefore, the number on the check may be readily seen. Preferably,

as before remarked, the. numbers are di v posed on opposite faces of the checkin 'diaf metrically opposite positions sothat no matter where the check is disposed the number Wlll be observable through the openings liurthermorawhen the slide 211s fully re-J tracted, the check 32 may be shifted byhand until the number is observable.

Under ordinary circumstances the chain bers 10 and 11 are vertical and, "therefore, once the check is deposited'and passed into the slide 21 it cannot be removed, but whenthe car is carried to the tipple and is tipped, 7

as a consequence'the check will roll from the slot 27 through the passage 13 into the slot 19 and under these circumstances when this slide 15 is pulled out the check-will come with'it and may be readily removed by the weigher; i a '3 It will be seenthat with this device two checks cannot be deposited in the slot 27 at the same time and if a second check is deposited it will remain in the slide 15.. This device is very simple, can be readily applied, and is certain in its action. Of course, it is obvious that the slot 27 might be made large enough to holdtwo checks if desired as, for instance, where there is a V check for the miner and also a check for an V operator working with him. Of course. 7

hers, a shit'table carrier mounted in each 7 chamber and partly withdrawable fromjthe chamber,each carrier having a check slot, one of the carriers bQll'lgWVlilhClltWtblB to an extent permitting the insertion or removal of the check from the slot and the other car rier being prevented froinfbeing withdrawn to an extent which Wlll permltthe removal] lie of the check therefrom, the last named'car a carrier shiftably mounted in each chan'iber and partlywithdrawable from the, chamber, each carrier having a check receivingslot, one of the carriers beingwvithdrawable to an extent per'mitting'the insertion or removal of thecheck from the slot,'means preventing the other carrier from being with drawn to'an extent which will permit the reiso I bers permitting theicheck to pass from the 'slot'of the first named carrier to the slot of the second named carrier when the carriers are disposed ina horizontalplane the passage permitting the check, however, to pass from the second named carrier'to the first named carrier when the body is inclined V from a horizontal plane, the second named carrier having an observation opening in its side.

3. A check holder for mine cars comprising a permitting the insertion or removal of the 1 check into or from the slot, means preventing the other slide from being withdrawn to an eXtent insertion of a check into the slot, there being a passage connecting. the two chambers permitting the check to roll from the slot of the first named slide into the slot of the second a named slide and the bottom of the slot of the second named slide being below the bottom i of the slot of the first named slide, the second named slide having observation openings in its side whereby the check may be observed.

- 4. A check holderafor mine cars comprisa ing a body formed to provide two aligned chambers, a check slide mounted in each. chamber and partly withdrawable fromthe chamber, each slide having a checkslot extending into the slide from one edge, one

of the slides being withdrawable to an extent permittingthe insertion or removal of the checkinto or from the slot and the bottom of this slot being downwardly and laterally in} clined toward the other chamber, the other slide having means preventing its withjdrawal from the chamber to'an extent which,

r will permit the insertion or removal of a i .check therefrom and having the bottom of its slot disposed below the bottom of the first named slide andthe sidewall of the'slot' having an observation opening, there being a passage leading from one chamber to the other end being on a. level with the bottom other and end being on a level with the lower end of the slot of the first named slide and on its body formed to provide two parallel chambers, a checkslide in .each chamberand partly withdrawable from the chamber, each slide having'a check receiving slot, one of] the slides being withdrawable to an extent which will permit the removal or lower end of slide is withdrawn from thechamber.

the bottom or said passage at one of the slot otthe second to permitthe' passage ofthe check t'i' omthef first named" slide'to the second named slide.

5 A check holder-for mine cars comprisr '1 ing a relat-ively thin body having two paralv v lel vchambers separated by a partition, the Q partition havinga downwardly and'laterally -60 the other, each of "said chambers .beingfl formed with inwardly'fprojecting shoulders, I;,

inclined slot ,leadingfrom one chamber to reciprocatable slides mounted in each cham-l first named mit' the insertion or removal ofa check from extent which (will ipermit the insertion or ber, each'sli de havingla slot extending' from l edgetoedge of theslide, eachslide being, t I j provided with shoulders; coacting with the; 7

shoulders to limit themovement" of' the slides,one of 'saidf slides beinggmo-y able out of the chamber to an extentto perw i-sdidlslotl'lthe th r f-said slides having shoulde g reventing. the movement of th I slide out of its cor sponding chamber to a withdrawal of a check, the lower endofthej of the passage through the partition, the f he second named slide being below the lower endof the first named slide, thesecond: named slide having sidewalls 'fi'rst'named slide being, downwardly'inclinedf and normally on a level-with the lower end provided with observation openings-through V which'f'thecheck may-be observed when the-:

6. 'Achecl'rholder for mine cars compris-- ing a body adapted to be attached to avcar I and formed to provide two chambers,.mea ns horizontal position but permitting thereturn may check, said means preventing the'fulljgwith drawal of th signature.

whereby a check may be, disposed infione I chamber 'andjcaused to pass into the other chamber, means preventing the return of the 4 I check from the second named chamber tothe- ,7

first namedfchamberwhile the body isina,

of the check when the'bodytis'canted' inone Y direction, means in the first named'ch'amber: whereby aicheck'disposed therein-maybe?" withdrawn,andmeans'in the first 'named' I e chamber wherebya checkfldisposedtherein. v 1 be partially withdrawn to observethe T100! 'checkdfrom-thechamber. T35 In testimony whereof-I hereuntoalfix my- ,F- 

